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Posts Tagged ‘Saci Lloyd’
Videos & Documentaries, May 27th, 2011,
Everything starts right here right now – so get ready for more gripping dystopian teenage fiction from Saci Lloyd, author of the breakout novels The Carbon Diaries 2015 and 2017. Here is a sneak peak at Saci’s epic new novel Momentum, in the form of a video trailer. Momentum’s got free running/parkour, environmental and social crises, young love and the deft mix of humor, adventure and prescience that so impressed reviewers of Lloyd’s previous work. Check out the blurb and the vid. London, the near future. Energy wars are flaring across the globe – oil prices have gone crazy, regular…
Tags: Carbon Diaries, free running, london, Momentum, novel, parkour, Saci Lloyd
Politics, Mar 25th, 2011,
The UK’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government’s plan to cut social programs as part of a decision to reduce spending by £95bn (€108bn) over 5 years will start to take effect in one week’s time. From a piece in the Guardian: Their disappearance may not be noticed by anyone with a good income, in secure employment, in sound health, without caring responsibilities – anyone who does not look to the state for support with life’s problems. For the more vulnerable, the decision to close these bodies and cut these jobs will be sharply felt. They will be more acutely obvious beyond…
Tags: coalition, cuts, DIY UK, government, protest, Saci Lloyd, UK, university fees
Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Dec 18th, 2010,
When I was a kid “Supercuts” was just a place to get a bowl haircut for $5, but across the pond in 2010′s Britain it means something completely different: “austerity” and Big Society – a.k.a. big tuition fees to keep the riffraff out of higher education, cementing the dominant number of old school ties in the House of Commons lockers. Check out this DIY short film by Carbon Diaries author Saci Lloyd featuring the UK’s dynamic duo. Is Clegg having a crisis of faith or a twinge of regret due to selling out the Lib Dem agenda? Watch and see……
Tags: Cameron, Carbon Diaries, Clegg, cuts, funny, Saci Lloyd, video
Climate Change, Videos & Documentaries, Oct 2nd, 2010,
Is an environmental catastrophe on its way? How would you fare in a world where ecological disaster tests the limits of your archery and tent-setting-up skills? Would you be the rugged survivalist, the cannibal or the brainy nerd in the Hawaiian shirt? Saci Lloyd and Graham Land have fun discussing climate change-induced end of the world scenarios, Gaia theory and the Dark Mountain Project. To download this podcast in mp3, AAC or Ogg Vorbis click here Join the Facebook group for El Pod of Cast Saci Lloyd’s Carbon Diaries website
Tags: Armageddon, Carbon Diaries, Climate change, Dark Mountain, disaster, environment, Gaia theory, Graham Land, hexayut, Saci Lloyd, The Road
Uncategorized, Sep 17th, 2009,
Laura Brown is a London teen with typical problems: her parents are weird, her sister is a pain and her crush next door is dating the school sex bomb. Oh, and the world seems to be ending. Natural disasters and social unrest are rife in an ever-changing situation of global panic. London is subject to drastic conditions and emergency belt-tightening measures such as water and carbon rationing. What’s a kid to do? Why, play in a punk band, of course. Saci Llyod’s The Carbon Diaries 2015 combines the often comical musings of alienated youth – think a bit more Adrian…
Tags: Carbon Diaries, Saci Lloyd
